Award

Thank you Jo A Brit in Tennessee who gave me this award to pass on to friends who want to '' Share the Love''. Who daily raise my spirits and offer words of encouragement. Family and Flowers
Birding in Michiagn
Nalley Valley
Knitting Kat
Renie Burghardt's world
Life in Wakefield
A Southern Garden
Flower Garden
A Hocking Hill's Garden
Carols Heirloom Collection
Beautiful Peartree Lane

Summer Time

Rejoice, O soul, the debt is paid.

For all our sins on Christ were laid;

We've been redeemed, we're justified-

And all because the Savior died.

D. De Haan---Our Daily Bread--

New flower in the garden

This Starburst Clematis has it's first bloom, and it is deer resistant but so far I have not seen any deers or bear(YET). lol

May ATC'S

This is a needle point ATC from The Netherlands.

These are ''Going on a trip" by Artist Trading Card Group Swap. Enlarge to see how detailed they are only (2.5x3.5) inches

North and South Meet

This came from a old pond behind or house the north. A water moccaSIN snake.

We found out the old pond that watered the cows is to the right on photo in back of the trees and it is all grown up in weeds and old fallen tree limbs.

This is the south and front of the house, it looked like this when we moved here in December.

This is the front now and the snake was behind that house they are framing on the right of the photo. The workers killed the bad bad snake. We will not go out this summer with out looking at ever step we take. I still love looking at the north of my house which is in the county the front is city,but I will not go out side after dark in the back , county or city. There are no houses on the east or west side of us yet. The Bennie said they will not clean the old pond out because the county could care less about old snakes.

Speaking of Success

from one success to other success , retirement and drinking to both.

Boy! do I need blogger material.

Remember the good old days

Mother had her on way and now I have mine. Which is ever so much easier then mother had it. But when I started out in married life things were most like the way mother cleaned That is what I have been doing today, cleaning house.

New baby

in the flower garden. Techno Heat Lobelia

Memorial Day

Andersonville Georgia National Cemetery My great great great grandfather who served in the Mexican War in 1846-1847. Then mustered in service during the Civil War January1864 and died Sept 1864.
My great great grand mother was 6 years old when her father died.

Streams In The Desert

By Mrs. Charles E. Cowman

Lord, let me do the little things

which may fall to my lot;

Those little inconspicuous ones

By others oft forgot.

If, like the Master, I can give

Myself for those I love,

Rich joy and peace shall come to me,

Sweet rest in heaven above.

I know not when the day shall close;

But when life's curfew rings,

I want my Lord to fine me then

Still doing little things.

Busy Cat watch and Quilt Saturday

Here I have been trying to keep up with the brick layers (enlarge picture) and you can see out of the window where I set to quilt. They sure work fast.

This little pin cushion that Carol gave me keeps me from losing my needle when I go check on the cat in the tree.

Around 7:00 this morning two dogs treed him. We put this limb up so he can walk down, it is after 4:00 and he will not come down . We put food out for him , I wish I knew who's cat this is.

Help

My Jennie is yellow ,why? Could fertilizer do this?

I have had this plant a long time and it is always green.

The Oak Leaf Hydrandeas is blooming nice.

What More Could Be Out There

This is what ran across the hay field this morning before 6:00 am. Coyote, the first time we have seen one. If they had not cut the field yesterday The Bennie would not have seen him or her.

This afternoon they were rolling in the hay.

Mr. Farmer did raise the dust, as he left.

Nice roll, the field will be full of them when they get around the field.

Read, Sew and Blog

Even if you do not quilt you will enjoy these books. Elm Creek Quilt's.

I got over the guilt (a feeling of self-reproach from believing that one has done a wrong). I love being retired.

Some Crafting

Went to the fabric shop, now what to make.

We came home just in time to see them cut the hay field.

A Short Trip to The Big City

The( dud )it is a failure as a tourist site in Memphis

The Old Man River( Mississippi)

Is out of it's banks

All the Talk in Trumann Arkansas

Gary McClung said Sunday that the white bird has been the talk of his neighborhood . Jim Bednarz of Arkansas State University said the albino bird is not a one-in -a-million event- it's

more like one in 30,000. The orange on the belly could make it a "partial albino."

I for got to say it is a robin.

How many stitches an-inch

I want to do some Applique but I could not make myself cut this up or out. Charlene from the Village gave me her stash as I blogged about some time back. So I am quilting this as a picture? I need to practice doing less stitches an-inch any way. Thank you Charlene

Antidote

The antidote to the poison of self-indulgence is the desire to please God and serve others, not ourselves. Self-indulgence is a gift we don't need. David McCasland

Happy plants

Bird Watching

Eastern Kingbird

Common Yellowthroat
Sitting out in the late afternoon is like having my on bird sanctuary. I think most of these birds are passing through and stop to feed. We will see some for days then they move on. I am just so happy they let me see them and it is fun seeing birds that or new to me.

Women Folk sew

This is a great web site http://www.womenfolk.com/

The Act of Quilting

America's Quilting History

Mail

Artist Trading Cards( ATC'S) Dutch Artist Ineke Bonhof from The Netherlands. Sent this with her cards for my great grandson Nicolas Alexander. Thank you Ineke